Definition of Bitis arietans

1. Noun. Large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed.

Exact synonyms: Puff Adder
Generic synonyms: Viper
Group relationships: Bitis, Genus Bitis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bitis Arietans

Bislama
Bismarck
Bismarck Archipelago
Bismarck Sea
Bismarck brown R
Bismarckian
Bison bison
Bison bonasus
Bisquick
Bissau
BitTorrent
Bithynia
Bitis
Bitis arietans (current term)
Bitis gabonica
Bitola
Bitot
Bittacidae
Bittner's milk factor
Bittner agent
Bittner virus
Biu-Mandara
Bivalvia
Bizantian
Bizantine
Bizet
Bizzozero's corpuscle

Literary usage of Bitis arietans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"... mark on the occiput; under parts yellowish white or grey. Bitis s. Echidna.—Very much like Vipera, but the nasal FiG. 172.— Bitis arietans (Puff ..."

2. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1858)
"1416. a. Adult. Africa. Presented by the Zoological Society. 4. Half-grown. West Africa. From Mr. Rich's Collection. Page 26. Bitis arietans. ..."

3. Evolution and Animal Life: An Elementary Discussion of Facts, Processes by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1907)
"... large strongly colored eye spots and is " remarkably snakelike, the general coloring somewhat recalling that of the common puff-adder, Bitis arietans. ..."

4. British Central Africa: An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1898)
"Bitis arietans; the Puff Adder. Bills gabonica; the "River Jack" Viper of West Africa. Class, AMPHIBIA. ..."

5. Nyasaland Under the Foreign Office by Hector Livingston Duff (1906)
"Snakes are common enough all over Nyasaland, and include some highly venomous kinds, such as the dreaded puff adder (Bitis arietans), the black mamba or ..."

6. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"... resembled the poisoning produced by the bite of the puff adder, Bitis arietans, but believed that the disease was not due to this cause. ..."

7. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"... mark on the occiput; under parts yellowish white or grey. Bitis s. Echidna.—Very much like Vipera, but the nasal FiG. 172.— Bitis arietans (Puff ..."

8. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1858)
"1416. a. Adult. Africa. Presented by the Zoological Society. 4. Half-grown. West Africa. From Mr. Rich's Collection. Page 26. Bitis arietans. ..."

9. Evolution and Animal Life: An Elementary Discussion of Facts, Processes by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1907)
"... large strongly colored eye spots and is " remarkably snakelike, the general coloring somewhat recalling that of the common puff-adder, Bitis arietans. ..."

10. British Central Africa: An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1898)
"Bitis arietans; the Puff Adder. Bills gabonica; the "River Jack" Viper of West Africa. Class, AMPHIBIA. ..."

11. Nyasaland Under the Foreign Office by Hector Livingston Duff (1906)
"Snakes are common enough all over Nyasaland, and include some highly venomous kinds, such as the dreaded puff adder (Bitis arietans), the black mamba or ..."

12. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"... resembled the poisoning produced by the bite of the puff adder, Bitis arietans, but believed that the disease was not due to this cause. ..."

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